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Join Date: Sep 2003
06-12-2010, 1:11 PM
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I went to Lake Powell for a week. Wind blew most of the time, but still a great trip nonetheless. But after a week of having the wind blow water all over my boat any time it was moving, I have water spots from Hades. This would be a disaster if my boat were anything but white. I last waxed the boat last fall, and I suspect that is my fundamental problem. It seems clear that my coating of wax is not there anymore. So I have hard water spots that are next to impossible to get off.
I usually use Babe's boat bright after every trip to the lake and it works great for those 1/2 day trips that I usually make. We wiped her down after we pulled her out at Powell and basically the spots did nothing.
Today I tried 2 different kinds of wax - no help.
Babe's spot solver - no luck,
Babe's boat wash - no way,
Palmolive and water - nada,
Ducky cleaner - not working,
I have some 3M cleaner and wax that is rated for 'lightly oxidized surfaces' and has a mild rubbing compound in it, and that worked to some degree, and is pretty much the only thing that even worked in the slightest. I used it twice in the same area and that pretty well got rid of the spots.
I was thinking that I need a pure rubbing compound like 3M makes and then follow that up with a straight wax. Then I will surely wax the boat more often. I don't like it looking like this, even though it is really not bad from a distance.
Any suggestions?
Sorry to start another water spot thread, but this seems more cantankerous than most water spot problems.
Here is a cell phone pic that shows what I am dealing with to some degree.
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Join Date: Jul 2008
06-12-2010, 2:04 PM
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White vinegar
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Join Date: Apr 2009
06-12-2010, 2:33 PM
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Boat Bling Hot Sauce
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Join Date: Oct 2009
06-12-2010, 3:08 PM
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Babes spot cleaner.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
06-12-2010, 3:47 PM
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Originally Posted by rlsv211
Babes spot cleaner.
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He said he already tried that.
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Join Date: May 2008
06-12-2010, 4:00 PM
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Wax out the waterspots with a buffer and use Boat Bling Hot Sauce from then on, every time you pull it out of the water.
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Join Date: May 2002
06-13-2010, 11:30 AM
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How long did you let the Ducky stay on your boat before washing it off? When I went to Powell boat looked the same as yours. When I got home, sprayed a heavy coat of Ducky and let it stay on for 24 hours. Then spots came off with soap and water.
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Join Date: Feb 2008
06-13-2010, 11:52 AM
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I've never tried it, but what about a clay bar?
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06-13-2010, 12:29 PM
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kaboom, works perfectly.
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Join Date: Jan 2004
06-14-2010, 7:21 AM
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Driventoperfection.com. Their cleaner is money for water spot removal.
-Uj
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Join Date: Feb 2010
06-14-2010, 5:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ian_ashton
White vinegar
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Vinegar will take the spots right off, Just follow with a wax.
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Join Date: Dec 2006
06-14-2010, 5:47 PM
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Vinegar will not remove hard water spots, i know as i've tried it on my black hulled boat and it does absolutely nothing. I tried all the above mentioned remedies as well except Ducky and the only thing that will completely remove them is buffing them off.
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Join Date: Apr 2009
06-15-2010, 4:20 AM
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Wow - after Powell I have always had great luck with either Ducky or Babes Spot remover.
I also used to have a decent luck with a 50/50 vinegar/water -- sometimes I would put some windex in there too - but that is going to strip
your wax. Make sure you have a good base coat before going somewhere like Powell, it will come off easier next time.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
06-15-2010, 5:44 AM
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Hey Tall try a little CLR. You will have experiment with the dilution rate but it should work. I have used full strength before for really stubborn water spots. As long as you were willing to compound it through in a little work with the magic eraser, it will be easier on the finish than a heavy compound. You will certainly need to wax it after.
Last edited by konaking; 06-15-2010 at 5:49 AM.
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Join Date: Apr 2003
06-15-2010, 7:22 AM
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Kaboom - Spray, wipe, rinse - GONE - then wax of course
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Join Date: Dec 2006
06-15-2010, 8:19 AM
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Which Kaboom ya talking about, thay have a few variations.
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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: WI
06-15-2010, 8:36 AM
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Vinegar never works for me either. I think it is an old wives tale.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
06-15-2010, 9:01 AM
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I have used white 30% vinegar at the ramp after boating for years. Its cheap and works great on all the Midwest waters near Chicago. I have not fount it to remove wax but I do wax 4 times a year with Poor Boys paste wax. You may have to beef up the mixture if it doesn't work try Zing . Be careful its very strong wear gloves.
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Join Date: Mar 2005
06-15-2010, 10:09 AM
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Buffing it the only REAL remedey ive found. All other still leave a slight have of water spotting..
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